Hitachi Rail Inspires Careers in the Railway Sector at the European Researchers’ Night

For the first time, Hitachi Rail participated in the European Researchers’ Night, thanks to an invitation from the Railway Foundation.
Aligned with the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative to encourage scientific and technical vocations and to bring students closer to the railway sector, Hitachi Rail joined this annual event in Madrid.
Over 40 Year 9 students from a school in Majadahonda attended the session “Finding the Route: Railway Signalling”, which took place at the Railway Museum.
Using the example of the technology applied on Spain’s first high-speed line (Madrid-Seville), the need for railway tracks and integrated technology to ensure trains reach their destinations was highlighted. To make the session more engaging, students participated in team-based games, learning more about railway technology and broader topics, such as the countries with the most high-speed rail kilometres and the total length of railway lines in Spain.
To conclude the session, several engineers from Hitachi Rail shared their personal experiences, discussing their career paths, how they entered the railway sector, and what they enjoy about working within it.
The European Researchers’ Night is a project supporting researchers’ careers, aiming to highlight the role of researchers and the importance of their work for societal wellbeing.
Held in over 350 cities across Europe, the event in Madrid is coordinated by the Madri+d Foundation for Knowledge and funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe, the EU’s Research and Innovation Programme.